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American Bar & Grill
The burgers (around T790 ) are the best in Almaty and there's a big American, Tex-Mex and Italian choice, in a ranch-style interior with good rock/jazz/swing music. The wooden outdoor annex is packed in summer.
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Biskvit
Another great coffee house, marginally smarter than Coffeedelia, with arguably the best coffee in town. Good for breakfast too.
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Coffeedelia
Almaty's best and trendiest coffee house, with a relaxed atmosphere, fabulous cakes and pastries, a range of good coffees, teas and juices, and free wi-fi internet. On weekend evenings it morphs into a pre-party gathering spot, with DJs providing the sound on Fridays.
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Dastarkhan
A good place for Kazakh as well as Russian food, with several modern rooms on two floors (one of them even nonsmoking), plus sidewalk tables. You can have beshbarmak or Balkhash sudak (pike) here as well as basics like plov, and manty and a big choice of lamb dishes.
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Inara
Opposite the State Philharmonia, arboretum-style Inara has friendly service, a buzzy atmosphere and big, cheap plates of barbecued meat with onion and cucumber trimmings - an authentic Kazakh experience.
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Kafe Keruen
The covered outdoor area here is a nice place to watch the passing parade on pedestrianised Zhibek Zholy, though the food doesn't quite live up to the promise of the exotic menu which includes Galician molluscs and fajitas El Paso as well as a huge variety of shashlyks.
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Kishlak
This atmospheric Uzbek restaurant near Respublika alanghy is decked with vines and bamboo and offers some low chaikhana -type tables with cushions and optional hookahs. The salads, shashlyk and fish dishes are all great. There's a dance show on Friday and Saturday nights.
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Mad Murphy's
This evergreen Irish pub has plenty of good pub food in big portions.
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Mama Mia
Bright, relaxed, little pizza/pasta/salad house with efficient service and a good choice of tasty food.
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Namaste
This small, tranquil restaurant does excellent Indian, Thai and Chinese food - great for vegetarians.
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Pomodoro Caffé
Gourmet little Italian spot with an Italian owner-chef preparing delicious salmon-and-cheese ravioli, spaghetti with courgettes and shrimps in cream sauce, and much more. He makes some of his own pasta.
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Printsessa Turandot
A reasonably priced Chinese restaurant at the side of the Auezov Theatre, popular with locals and a few foreigners. Vegetarians will like the clay-pot-baked tofu and eggplant dishes. If it's too cold on the large terrace, the red and gold wallpaper inside will help warm you up.
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Qorqyt Ata
A good-value budget place beside the Silk Way Mall on pedestrianised Zhibek Zholy. Offerings include plov, shashlyk and pizzas.
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Restoran Printsessa
Come to this large, bustling restaurant just off Gogol for a filling Chinese meal. The menu offers a big choice including a good chicken, chili and peanuts dish.
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Safran
Flavoursome Middle Eastern food in a beautiful, spacious Middle Eastern setting makes Safran a great place to head when you have around T4000 to around T5000 to spend on dinner. Tasty dishes range from hummus and falafel to carrot-and-cumin soup, sea-bass ceviche and Moroccan chicken with pumpkin-and-ginger sauce.
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Shi Bon Kha
This cottage-like restaurant, in a courtyard, specialises in inexpensive Dungan (Chinese Muslim) food, including terrific spicy laghman (noodle, meat and vegetable soup). No alcohol here.
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Shvabsky Domik
This spacious, German-cottage-style establishment serves reliably good international food with a strong German emphasis - lots of sausage and meat.
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Thai
This very swish restaurant with a pleasant outdoor summer terrace specialises in Thai and Japanese dishes. The quality is high and the fish in most dishes is flown in direct from Muscat, Oman.
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Traktir Zhili-Byli
Good-value Russian food in a rustic, log-walled setting.
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Yubileyny
Hats off to the bloke who introduced tortilla-wrapped doner kebabs to Almaty. Long lines form all day for these tasty creations, stuffed with meat, sour cream, sliced carrot and French fries, served out front of the large supermarket here. There's plov too, to take away or eat in the cafeteria areas either side, which also do good coffee, great doughnuts and self-serve meals. The perfect zone for easy food on the go.
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Zelyony Bazar
Stalls at this large central market are piled with nuts, fresh and dried fruit, smoked fish, vegetables and enormous hunks of fresh meat. You can get kumys (fermented mare's milk) and shubat (fermented camel's milk) here too. Cafés overlooking the action will serve you a bowl of laghman, tea and bread for less than around T300 .
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Zheti Qazyna
This Uzbek-themed restaurant is the place for Central Asian cooking at its finest. Old favourites like manty, laghman and samsas (samosas) are styled for the Western palate, and there are Kazakh specialties including beshbarmak too. It's at least worth patronising for the colourful ambience and welcoming staff. On the same premises are Caramel, an equally popular European restaurant, and the Japanese/Chinese Tsi, and you can order from all three menus in any part.
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